Vehicle.



B. TIPPMANN.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2. 1908,

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specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, .1909.

Application filed December 2,1908. Serial No. 465,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BELA TIPPMANN, citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus,

in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement in Vehicles,of-which-the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved vehicle that isfurnished with extensible parts to provide a seat additional to that orthose in the main portion of the vehicle.

The invention is embodied .in the construction hereinafter described andclaimed, the invention not being confined in its embodiment to the formsof parts shown in the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the inventionwith the parts contracted. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the partsextended. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the under sideaivith portions brokenout to illustrate the operating mechanism. Fig. 1 is a verticalsectional view through the body only, the parts being in contracted orclosed position. Fi 5 1s a detail showing the seat. carrier 0 theextensible portion. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross section on the line m-w,Fi 4. 'Fig. 7 is a detail in perspective view illustrating theconstruction of one pair of the sliding bars to which the supplementalseat is attached.

Inthc views 10 designates the stationary body portion of the vehicle;which is provided with an ordinary permanent seat 10. The sides of themain body portion are each a double walled structure, as seen at 10",closed at its upper edge and open at its lower edge to form a slideway.The extensible portion of the body com rises a bottom 11, sides 12, thatfit and are s idable in the slideways 10", and a front 13; and saidextensible member is held in horizontal position with reference to thestationary member by means of cleats 10 secured to the inner sides ofthe outer walls of the double walled side 10". The stationary portionand the extensible member are each supported on. a separate and ordinarypair of wheels and with a'suitable spring, as best indicated in Figs. 1and 2, the wheels and springs of the extensible member bein attached tosaid member so as to move with it in the extending or the closingoperation.

1 1 designates a frame secured by legs 14. to and erected from theforward ends of the inner sides of the walls 10 said frame constitutinga dash for the vehicle when closed, and a backfor the front orsupplementary seat when the extensible portion is extended.

15 desi nates the added or supplementing seat. This seat. is hinged, asseen at 14, to the forward ends of two bars 16 that slide on the upperedges of the sides 12 of the extensible portion. Saidbars 16 are eachprovided with a longitudinal slot 16, into which projects a pin 16 inthe subjacent side 12. Said bar 16 can have supplementing bars 16connected to them at their for ward ends, said bars 16 reachingrearwardly and 1 ing on the inner sides of the inner walls 0 the sides10 of the main body portion. slot '16 through which projects a headedpin 16* to guide and hold it in horizontal position. When the extensibleportion of the vehicle is moved forward, as hereinafter described, theseat 15 falls or can be pushed rearwardly into horizontal position, andwhen the extensible portion of the vehicle is retracted the seat israised to vertical position.

17 designates the arms, one of which can be hinged to each upright atthe end of the frame 14 so that it can swing or fold inward against orin line with said frame 11 when the extensible portion of the vehicle isretracted. p

18 designates a suitable supplemental bottom with reference to which theextensible portion of the vehicle moves so as to keep closed the gapformed when'the extensible portion is moved forward. The extensibleportion of the vehicle at its forward or front end 13 has hinged to itat 19 a portion 19 that can be raised and latched in raised position byany suitable latch at 19 to form an adequate dash when the extensibleportion of the vehicle is extended, as seen in Fig. 2.

The means for operatlng the extensible member comprises a screw 20ournaled horizontally in a suitable frame 21 under the gitudinalmovement and turns in the nuts :22

so that by its operation it moves the f i 23 and the extensible portionof the vehicle Each bar 16 is provided with a backward or forward,accordin to the directio'n in which it is turned. T e rear end of saidscrew 20 has fixed to it a large spur gear 24 that is engaged by apinion 25 having a crank 26 to turn it so as to make the operation ofthe screw easier if desired.

is closed against the stationar portion the two can be latched togethery a suitable latch as at 27 With this construction it will be notedvthat two styles of vehicle are provided by one structure and that theconversion from one to the other is an exceedingly simple andexpeditious operation.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle, the combination of the stationary body portion and theextensible body portion sliding with reference to the stationaryportion, a frame mounted at the forward portion of the stationary memberhaving an upwardly folding seat adapted to be operated to be folded inthe rearward movement of the extensible body portion and means foroperating the extensible body portion.

2. In a vehicle, the combination of the stationary body ortion and theextensible body portion sliding with reference to the stationary bodyportion, a pair of arms also iding with, reference to the stationarybody portion having a seat mounted at their forward ends, means forlimiting the extent of movement of said arms and the seat with referenceto the stationary portion and When the extensible portion of the vehiclemeans for operating said extensible body portion and the seat.

3. In a vehicle, the combination of the stationary body portion providedwith a permanent seat, hollow slideways at the sides of the forwardportion of said body portion, the extensible body portion having sidesto fit and slide in the aforesaid slideways and means to guide saidextensible portion horizontally in its movements, a pair of bars alsosliding in the aforesaid slideways, a folding seat attached to theforward ends of said bars, means whereby said bars and seat are carriedforward a limited distance only with reference to the stationary portionof the vehicle when the extensible portion of the vehicle is slidforward, and means for"operating the extensible body portion.

BELA TIPPMANN.

